Change does not change tradition, it strengthens it. Change is a challenge and anopportunity, not a threat.
Interpretation
Change enhances tradition rather than undermines it, presenting opportunities for growth.
This quote by Prince Philip emphasizes the idea that change can coexist with tradition, suggesting that rather than weakening established customs, change can actually fortify and enrich them. It portrays change as a dual-edged sword that brings both challenges and opportunities, encouraging a positive view towards embracing transformation in various aspects of life.
In practice
In a team meeting discussing organizational shifts and how they will enhance company culture.
The conservation of nature, the proper care for the human environment and a general concern for the long-term future of the whole of our planet are absolutely vital if future generations are to have a chance to enjoy their existence on this earth.
All these other creatures have an equal right to exist here. We have no prior rights to the Earth than anybody else, and if they're here, let's give them a chance to survive.
I finally learned to accept that I can't make radio play blues any more than I could get Reagan out of the White House.
When you try to bring about behavioral change by an effort of will, you actually do violence to yourself, and the chances are very good that you will not succeed. This is so universally true that you can actually make money from it.
Everything is as it was, I discover when I reach my destination, and everything has changed.
We cannot change the past, but we can change our attitude toward it. Uproot guilt and plant forgiveness. Tear out arrogance and seed humility. Exchange love for hate - thereby, making the present comfortable and the future promising.
You can’t mandate [cultural change], can’t engineer it. What you can do is create the conditions for transformation. You can provide incentives. You can define the marketplace realities and goals. But then you have to trust. In fact, in the end, management doesn’t change culture. Management invites the workforce itself to change the culture.
Perhaps one day, all these conflicts will end, and it won't be because of great statesmen or churches or organisations like this one. It'll be because people have changed. They'll be like you, Puffin. More a mixture. So why not become a mongrel? It's healthy.
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